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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
A Captiye,s Observations.

The Indian in presence of the white
man or in presence of strangers is not
the same as the Indian at home among
his fellows. All tacitlrnity and stoicism
disappear and they act more like. over
grown children than anything else, laugh
ing, playing practical jokes, teasing and
romping, fond of feats of strength and
agility, particularly in horsenanEhip.
Here l was with members OF q tribe
known among white men as the most
treacherous, cruel and barbarous ON the
plains, and yet ! must say that whatever
laws and customs governed them were,
as far as I could understand, strictly
adhered to. No one NEEDLES with an
others wives, horses or arms. No one
laid claim to woman or a horse that he
did not pay, spot trade, the price demand
ed. / was going to say spot cash, but
this they had little use for. Provisions
were always in common. / do not know
how it would be in time of scarcity, for
while / was with them provisions were
very plenty. The young bucks were
always riding heller SHELTER over thchills
and prairies for miles around, and kept a
supply of meats in great abundance. The
squaws did all camp and field work.
Their corn fields were all between jutting
points of the hills, and by a stranger
would be found with great difficulty; so
that if they had from any cause to break
camp 'hurriedly their fields would be
safe
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
A PhiladeIphia magazine, publish.

A Philadelphia magazine, publish
ed in 1917, had the following para
graph relative to the freight by wa
gon over the Allegheny Mountains.
In the course of the twelve months
of 1917 10000 wagons passed the
Allegheny Mountains from Philadel-
phia and Baltimore, each with from
four to six horses, carrying from
thirty five to forty hundred weight.
The cost OF carriage was about 81
per hundred weight, but sometimes
as high as $40 from Philadelphia.
The aggregate sum paid for
freight exceeds s1,5O0,0O0." At the
present time the Pennsylvania rail.
road carries perhaps as much freight
in single day to and from Pitts
burg as was then carried during the
entire year. 1t cost then not less
then S140 to move ton of freight
between Philadelphia and Pittsburg,
distance of $50 miles. According
to the report Of the Pennsylvania
railroad in 1886 the cost of trans
porting a ton of freight between the
two places was 1921 !; the cost of
transporting barrel of -four in 1917
was S14, while in 1886 it was only
% cts. Then every hundred pounds
of dry goods cost seven dollars to
move between the two cities, while
at the present time the price is IA
cents, or only one fiftieth of the for.
mer sum. ..,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
: MARTINsBURG, W. va, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1887

ed in the city by the railway 100000
people and to this must be added
the vast number who reached gthe
city BY other means.
The President was kept busy.
He was given a dinner at the Clo-
yer Club, and was four hours on the
reviewing stand witnessing the par
ade, and was given receptions at the
Exchange and the Academy of Mu.
sic. After having shaken hands
with at least 10000 persons, he
must have slept well at night
Hdnorer Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
I Wratehod. Indaed.

Are those whom confirmed tendency to bill
ionsness, subject to the ysrious and change
full symptoms indicative oliver complaint.
Nausea. sick headache, constipation. furred
tongue. an unpleasant breath. a dun and sharp
pain in the neishborhood of the affected or
gan. impurity of the blood and loss ofappetlte,
sIgnallze it as one of the most distressing, as 1t
Is one of the most common, of maladies.
There is. however. a benign specific for the
disease and all Its unpleasant manifestations.
1t is the concurrent testimony Of the public
and the medical profession, that Hostetter's
stomach Bitters is medicine which achieves
results speedily felt, thorough and benign.
Besides rectifying liver disorder. It invigorates
the feeble, conquers kidney and bladder COM
plants, and hastens the conyalescence of those
recovering from embedding diseases. More
over. It IL the dspecific for fever and ague.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
Don..lIy'. shaIs.psarean Cipher.

Ignatius Donnelly, being asked as to
the statement that he had written to
friend IN New York that the cipher rule
in the Shakespeare plays had failed, that
he had spilled it to "Pericles,' - the
Winters Tale" etc., and it would not
work, said that he could only reply in the
words Of Sir John Falstaff: "Lordi Lord!
how this world is given to lying." He
had written no such letter to amy per-
son; he had never attempted to apply the
cipher rule to the plays mentioned; he
had enough to do to work out the cipher
narrative in first and second "Henry
~" The cipher was a reality, as he
would soon satisfy the world. Chicago
Tshlna
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
To Buy or Not to Buy.

The liveliest time / remember in the
stock market, " said a broker recently,
twas when the Confederates were NOV
ing into Pennsylvania. The day before
the Gettysburg fight begun we all felt
sure that Philadelphia was doomed, and
our merchants were terribly alarmed,
some even shipping their goods to New
York. The day previous had been
ordered by customer to buy 1000
shares of Reading railroad stock. When
saw how things looked I hesitated. /
tried to get my customer, but he had
suddenly left town and could not be
reached. If bought perhaps he would
blame me if there was loss, while ON the
other hand II the Confederates were beaten
back the shares would surely rise in
value, and then would be censured for
not acting according to orders. / went
up to the board room and found they
were Offering reans Of the stocks for
almost nothing. ] risked the chances and
bought all that was offered. / loaded
up with it. How much did l maker
Well, about $500, 900. "-P Philadelphia
Call
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
In Queen vleterIa,. Kltehen.

In the queens kitchen there is book
keeper to give orders to grocers, provision
and other dealers and four clerks to aid
him In his work, chief cook, four master
cooks. two yeomen of the kitchen, two
assistant cooks, two roasting cooks, four
scourers, three kitchen maids, a store
keeper, two '.green Office men, two
steam apparatus men, first and second
yeomen OF confectionery, an apprentice,
three female assistants, an errand man,
pastry cook, two female assistants, q
baker and assistant and three coffee
room women.-George Henry Bassett in
Herald Of Health.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08

While some forms Of fungus are most
destructive to vegetation, it is now be-
ieved that there are others which render
assistance to the plants on which they
live. Frank found that the fungus cover
ing the young root points Of certain forest
trees, as the beech and oak. seems to help
in the nutrition of those trees. Another
interesting case has lately been studied in
Germany by Wahrlich, who finds that q
yellow, bladder-ike fungus Of the root
tissue of orchids works no perceptible
harm TO the plants, but on the contrary
probably aids them by changing woody
matters into form that they may more
readily absorb.--Arkansas Traveller.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
The Sugar Maple for shade.

In talk to Massachusetts farmers Mr..
l. N. Russell said the rock or sugar ma
pie was the best tree to plant to secure
ornament or shade, He said: cit is
handsome tree from the start-stately
and well balanced In maturity. Its fol
iage Is deep and cooling in summer and
gorgeous as the sunset clouds in autumn.
II viii bear more mutilation and i'll usage
aud still thrive than almost any other
tree AS q wayside tree In exposed situa-
tons IL has no superior. As a pasture
shade for cattle IL Is one Of the best Of
trees. It would give comfort to the cat
Tie and please the eye by its beauty. p
Chicago Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08

1t may be interesting to know that
American art now excels foreign skill In
the communication of the quality 20 es-
sential to handsome sealskin, namely,
the dye. What was known as the Lon
don dye held the vantage ground for
years, until furrier in Albany elabo-
rated superior process. OF course he
made an immense fortune. BE kept the
secret to himself so closely that he main
tanned a monopoly Of the market He
died in the ordinary course. but the
secret was impaired to his son few
years before his death, and Is still ex-
clusively employed by him--Brooklyn
Citizen.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
POETRY.
POOR PAPA.


Who slaves all day with main and might
And comes home weary, worn and white.
To walk squalling babe all night!
Poor Papa.
Who has 10 hear tired wife
Recount the petty woes and strife
That constitute a womans life
Poor Papa.
Who has to 60 without new clothes
To keep his tots in shoes and hose
And dress his daughters having beaux
Poor Papa.
Who's tortured by the endless noise
OF half dozen romping boys
That all his peace at home destroys!
Poor Papa.
Who's told the coal and flour are out;
Who wishes he was, too, no doubt,
And when he tries is put to rout
Poor Papa.
Who groans when bills come in to pay
For something needed every day;
Who cannot lay cent away?
e t5g Poor Papa. stes.
Who thinks he was a fool to wed,
And who, if his dear wife were dead,
Would get another quick instead
Poor Papa. 4r
Who, if he hadn t married. would
Be minus home and health so good
And end his days in solitudep
nee .st Poor Papa. 8f. a5f
And who will have. when he gets old,
Protecting arms of love to fold
Around him-worth far more than gold
15H Rich Papa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08

One Of the greatest enemies Il the
salmon and the salmon fisheries in
Oregon is the sea hon. II is estimated
that half the salmon that sater the
Columbia river the early part d the
season are captured by these big beasts,
which also damage nets 10 The amount
of thousands Of dollars. Vast numbers
OF them congregsto At 7iliamook rock
and at Sealrocks, and It b suggested that
dynamite be used to force them to seek
other localities. Brooklyn Eagle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
fwAo kNowsf
who Of us know

Who OF rs know
How cur next neighbor faresf
How Of the woes and many cares
That rise like mountains In their wayi
And who OF as can say
We know OF that large world we never see,
The world of poverty
Who u us know
How much Of pain smiling face conceals
How little Of The sunlight ever steals
Into the iives OF those who seem the happiesti
The one who makes Us merry with his jest,
Hay he not carry in his heart so free
A wound he does not wish the world to seer
Who OF us love,
And loving. cherish but the empty name.
And feed our hearts on naught; the flame
That burns 50 brilliant and so bright,
That lights our path as do the stars at night,
Goes out as quick as heavens lightning flashes,
And leaves us-ashesl
George Wilmot Harris.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08


Keep those banners, gashed and CORY,
Keep them there to tell the story
OF our deeds on the field of glory,
Keep them, keep them. let them rest
Tokens of valor splendid,
Glorious mem ries with them blended;
Keep them. for the strife is ended,
Keep them. keep them-it is best.
Keep them, We who took them hold than Il
Keep them, we would not unfold them, IN
For the cause that first unrolled them,
To the battles breeze is dead.
Keep them, they would only sadden,
II, indeed, they did not madden,
Southern hearts, while years they gladden.,
For to win them thousands bled.
While we hail the generous feeling,
Which would close the wound now healing,
Yet this fact is worth revealing.
iSoutheYners do not toant their flags!
Not but that we still approve them,
Not but that we still do love them.
But we would not have you move them.
ass Keep the dear old shot-pierced rags.
Keep them-yes, we would not have them;
Though we fought and bled to save them.
There are none who now would wave them
To disturb our Nations peace.
You to whom they were surrendered,
Burying all that strife engendered
In return your hearts have rendered
Keep them, they are in their place.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
Bucklen's Arnica SaIye.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever
Sores. letter ,Chapped Hands. Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. -
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price 25c. per
box. For sale by E. C. Williams & Bro
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08

ROMNEY,W. Va, October 1.-The
jury in the Ann Offner murder case
disagreed, and were discharged. 1t
is said that ten were for acquittal,
and two for conviction for voluntary
manslaughter. The fair prisoner
will probably have a new trial at the
February term Of court.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
3 GOOD HORSES !

2of them brood mares and good barshear lead
ers; colt, MICH COWS, 2 head young cattle,
2-horse wagon and bed i ambulance, buggy,
Winchester wheat fan, l Hagerstown grain
drill, Thompson horse rake. three-horse
cart, sled, grain cradles, three moving
scythes, grindstone. lot of furniture. charns.
ters, brides collars. cutting box. and many
other things not mentioned.
TERMS,-A credit of 10 months on all sums
of So and over. the purchaser giving note with
approved security, with interest from date.
but RENTED if paid at maturity, discount of
per cent. for cash under So. cash. No prop
erty to be removed untilterms have been COM
piled with. Notes payable at Peoples Bank.
r. t SYLVESTER BROWN,
MRS, s. A. PRICE.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08

Balloons are to be introduced into
China. The Pekin government has Or
dered two captive balloons from Paris,
and have provided all the necessary funds
for several practiced aeronauts 70 take
over the latest inventions Ia this branch
Of science, including special machine
to manufacture hydrogen gas. Boston
TRANSCRIPT, Ati
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08

It is said the most costly water color
In the world is work 10 1-2 by IA 1-2
by MISSIONER, illustrating a horse sol
der on outpost duty. 1t is valued at
$500.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08

FRS: All Fits stopped free by DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve RestOrer. No Fits after first
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise
and S2.00 trial bottle free to Fit cases.
Send to DIR. Kline. 931 Arch st. Phila. Pa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
FOR SALE !!
PUBLIC SALE.

The undersigned, between them, wishing to
give up farming, Will sell at public sale. on the
premises, about 215 miles from Martinsburg,
near Schopperds ford bridge, beginning at 10
O'Clock,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
THE DUTIES OF THE "cAR CHASER.

recovering from EMBEDDING diseases. More
oyer. II IL the grand specific for fever and ague.
THE DUTIES OF THE GAR CHASER"
Car chasers are among the most
important employees Of the great
trunk lines of railroad. The title
exactly describes their business. On
some railroads they are called travel.
ing car agents. The department
head who employs them is also call
ed variously the car agent, the car
accountant, or the superintendent of
rolling stock. These officials have
as many as dozen assistants on
some of the great roads, nine or ten
being clerks at $50 or $40 month,
the rest being chasers who travel all
over the country on free passes hunt
ing up missing cars, and who receive
1920 or 800 4 month and expen-
ses.
Great railroads have immense
numbers of cars. The Central rail
road of New Jersey has about 80,
900 of all sorts, the Pennsylvania
Railroad 10000 or 10000. These
cars are at the present moment in
every State IN the Union. They go
wherever the freight with which
they are loaded is billed to and thus
are scattered from Winnipeg to
Mexico and from Los Angeles to Ban
gor. A most minute and thorough
system, obtaining on all railroads ex.
cept the very smallest, records every
movement of every car. This system
operates at all junction points where
agents record the ownership and
number Of every car that passes
from their road to connecting line,
Immediately notify the roads whose
cars are thus in motion, as well as
the car accountant Of their own road
These notifications are made by
postal card. In each general office
car account books are kept, and the
movement of the company's own cars
are recorded from day to day
Whenever loaded car is emptied
on a foreign road, that road uses il
to carry load of freight back in the
direction of the road to which the
car belongs. 1t pays at the rate OF
seven-eights cent mile for this use
Of its neighbours property in this
way, and if it should happen that
there was no freight to be shipped
in that direction within a reasonably
short time, the empty car is sem
along and mileage is paid on it as il
it were laden.
1t is when number of cars are
lost sight OF that travelling agent
is sent out. Sometimes it happens
that the cars are on little branct
roads idle and overlooked, some
times they have fallen into the hand.
of company that is short Of cars
and full of business, and is using
every foreign Car 1t can get, ant
sometimes other equally simple
causes delay it. If it is in use by {
company short of cars, that company
pays mileage on it, until it sometime
happens that car is worn ont an(
paid for before it is returned or else
it is never returned at all. If a ca
chaser demands the return of BIZ
company's cars, they are sent home
but often others are seized and pu
to use when his back is turned an(
he is travelling elsewhere. If a ca
is smashed up in railway accident
it is either rebuilt, a new one il
made, or the price of the car is pait
to the owners by the company oil
whose track the smash.up occurred
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
WORKING CLASSES ATTENTION |

we are HOW pTbpdFBu 10 luFIflSQ III CIHbsVb
with employment at home. the whole of the
time, or for their spare moments. Business
new, light and profitable. Persons of either
sex easily earn from so cents to IS copper even
ing, and a proportional sum by devoting all
their time to the business. Boys and girls
earn nearly as much as men. That all who
see this may send their address, and test the
business, we make this offer. To such as are
not we'll satisfied we will send one dollar to
pay for the trouble of writing. Full particu-
lars and outfit free. Address GEORGE STIN-
SON & Co. Portland Maine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
KEEP THOSE BANNERS.

DIR. Thomas o. Summers, Of Jacksonville,
Fla, presented the following poem to the Pres
ident, In behalf of the Confederate Veterans OF
Jacksonville. Itwas beautifully engraved and
embellished, and safer F. Ryan's /" Fold those
Flags F
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

At the September term of the County Court
OF berkeley / was appointed Sealer Of Weights
and Measures for the County of Berkeley. w.
Va. thereby notify all millers, mill owners,
stores, shops, and owners of platform scales.
steelyards &C., that will visit all their places
OF business. commencing Oct list, to test. try
and prove all such weights and measures that
are in public use. q. w. SWARTZ,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
Cumberland Valley R. R. Co., &c.,
VS.. THE
Martinsburg & Potomac R. R. Co.

the undersigned special commissioners ap-
pointed by said decree, will offer ut public
sale. at the Court House door. in Martinsburg,
Berkeley Co, w. Va, beginning at II O'Clock.
NJ on
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08
'tWOODBERRY,"
Pennsylvania Agricultural Works.

Steam Engines Saw Mills, yPresses Stump
Pullers and Standard Agricultural Implements
generally. Send for Catalogue. octl5
A. B. FARQUHAR, York, Pa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08

By authority ola deoi zee of the Circuit Court
OF Berkeley County West Virginia, entered on
the 9th day of July, 1887, in the chancery cause
therein pending, of the o H
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-08

Who slaves all day with main and might
And comes home weary, worn and white,
To walk squalling babe all night!
Poor Papa.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-30

had no where TO lay his head" Nett er
should his disciples or success RS. Re-
Itgion and religious sentiments cannot be
taught by force. Power and pomp and
pride are for things worldly. The prop
sgands OF the Christian faith Is not
thrones by human hesrts aud conqaests
cannot be made By pageantry and tenn
oorsl show and tinsel. Toe Pope of
Rome needs no temporal power. The
prophetic words of Macsuley re growing
daily into realities. The church which
the pontiE represents was in existence In
the twilight OF fable, when the smoke OF
sacrifice arose from the Pantheon, and 1t
will exist when the traveller from New
Zealand, in the midst of vast solitude
viii take his place upon broken arch OF
London bridge to sketch the ruins of st
Paul. 1t is useless to quote these words;
everybody knows who first uttered them.
The Pope Of Rome needs no temporal
power. He is king in the hearts of his
faithful followers and none but his enc
mics would advise him to strive for more
power and dominion.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-30

In vIKw Of the prevalent theory that
the cholera De Yer RACES as en- epidemic In
winter, the New Yo;k Mil and Elk press
thinks it is well to state facts, as given
by Hirsch, IL his Handbook Of Gee
graphical Pathology" one OF the most
trustworthy of authorities on this i'm
portant subject. Hlrsch, in this book,
gives a table of 900 cholera epidemics in
extrL-Indian countries in the sew
eral months. or these, forty-two
b gan in the winter and 121 In the au-
tum1, $50 began when the temperature
was between so and So degrees Fahren-
heit and seventy when it was uader Al
degrees. In 1880 cholera appeared in
Moscow in October and listed until the
end of December. In 1881 it appeared in
great Britain in the fsll, lasted until
March, and was most prevalent in De-
cenber. The epidemic of 1913 40 in this
country began in November 10 New Or
leans, reached Sc. Louis in January. the
Upper Mississippi in March, aud Chicago
in Msy. In 1878 it bt gan in New Orleans
in February, and spread rapidly north
ward, Notwithstanding the low temper
ature.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-30

THE day for the meeting of the mex
Congress draws nigh. Very naturally the
public eye Is turned upon the movements
and views of such leaders as Carlisle, Ran
dail and others. Mr.. Carlisle has been in
Washington some time in conference with
representative men on such matters OF
public interest as Congress will have 10
deal with during its approaching session
Both Of the great parties know that the
people demand reduction of taxation to
the diminishment of the Treasury sur
plus. Tie Republican ides, which is the
protection policy, is to take the taxes
from whisky and tobacco. The Demo-
cratic idea is to reduce the tsrlff The
Democrats have the Pre- sident and Lower
House, while the Republicans have the
Senate. While evenly divided political
strength keeps all parties on their
goOo behavior it is to be
feared that organized protection Will have
the advantage of divided Democracy n
the coming struggle. But it is safe to
ssy that no party will oppose reduc-.
ton Of the SUI plus.